Use the filter to compare different cities per ridesharing platform: Data from NerdWallet and SherpaShare

Uber, Lyft and Sidecar: Car Hailing App Earnings Comparisons

Data or this Silk came from a wonderful blog post by NerdWallet which in turn incorporated data from SherpaShare, a novel cost management platform and free online dashboard for sharing economy workers.

How to Use This Silk: Browse the charts and maps below. Click "Explore" anywhere on the site to go into visualization and filtering mode. Search for individual pages or entities in the top search box.

(Note: The data is from December 1, 2014, and Uber has made some changes but I would imagine a lot of the conclusions basically still hold). Some of our conclusions include:

The most expensive places to be an Uber driver are actually not the most expensive cities: Detroit, Chicago and Dallas.

The three best cities to make six figures as a ride hailing driver are San Francisco (Uber), Charlotte (Sidecar) and Seattle (Uber).

Play with the data using our filters and tell us what you think @silkjournalism!

Number of weekly trips needed to make $100,000

Use the filter to compare different cities per ridesharing platform: Data from NerdWallet and SherpaShare

Annual car ownership costs vs. the average trip fare

Use the filter to compare different cities per ridesharing platform: Data from NerdWallet and SherpaShare

Average annual insurance premium vs. average trip fare

Use the filter to compare different cities per ridesharing platform: Data from NerdWallet and SherpaShare